Bill Title: Amends the Railroad Obstruction Act. Provides that a person commits the offense of parking a motor vehicle on tracks, a Class 4 felony, when he or she knowingly leaves a motor vehicle on any portion of a railroad track for a period of one hour or more. Provides that a person commits the offense of aggravated parking a motor vehicle on tracks, a Class 2 felony, when he or she commits the offense of parking a motor vehicle on tracks and the violation is a proximate cause of death or great bodily harm to another person. Provides that the new provisions do not apply if a motor vehicle is left on a railroad track because of a mechanical failure, provided that the person in control of the vehicle at the time of the mechanical failure immediately makes a reasonable effort to have the vehicle removed from the track or to notify law enforcement of the location of the vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5237 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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